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How to repair an imbalanced intestinal flora?
The flora plays an essential role in helping the body to function properly. An imbalanced intestinal flora can therefore cause various problems. It can, however, be rebalanced and taken in hand thanks to pro- and prebiotics.
Bloating, diarrhoea, sluggish intestinal transit… Do you regularly suffer from digestion or transit problems? What if these problems were related to imbalanced intestinal flora?
What exactly is the intestinal flora?
Found in the intestine, the intestinal flora, also known as the microbiota, is made up of billions of bacteria: a carefully balanced mixture of “good” and “bad” bacteria, essential to the body.
The intestinal flora guarantees good digestion and optimum intestinal transit day to day. It assimilates micronutrients from the food we eat. But that is not all it does. The microbiota also strengthens and regulates our immune system. It thus helps to keep us in good health and fight against external stresses. As the intestinal flora communicates with the whole body, it can also affect brain function, as well as our wellbeing.
Did you know?
There are more bacteria in our intestinal flora (billions of them), than cells in our whole body!
Causes and consequences of an imbalanced intestinal flora
The intestinal flora can sometimes become imbalanced or, in other words, “bad” bacteria can outnumber “good” bacteria. This then alters the microbiota.
The flora can be disrupted due to several reasons:
- stress;
- use of antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs;
- low-fibres diet;
- dietary intolerance;
- infection;
- etc.
An imbalanced intestinal flora can cause different types of discomfort:
- digestive problems: flatulence, sluggish or excessively fast transit, bloating, ;
- allergies;
- fatigue;
- loss of appetite;
- feeling unwell,
- lack of vitamins;
- etc.
Repair an imbalanced intestinal flora
In some cases, the intestinal flora will rebalance itself naturally after a few days in the event of illness or sudden stress, or even by changing in dietary habits. However, bad bacteria can also continue to proliferate and, in this case, intervention is essential in order to restore a healthy intestinal flora, by providing vital constituents, i.e. probiotics and prebiotics..
Probiotics are living microorganisms which counter the proliferation of harmful bacteria. Prebiotics are nutrients which promote and stimulate good bacteria in the intestinal flora.
Laboratoires ORTIS offers solutions with a high concentration of live bacteria, to help you maintain a balanced .
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